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Unit 6: Educational and Vocational Guidance

after he leaves the school. There is another purpose to supply the description of the vocation Notes
at the school level that the pupil may try to acquire necessary education for the vocation
which he likes. Hence, due to the increase in the number of vocations, there is a need of
vocational guidance to familiarize the pupils with vocation. In addition to the multiplicity
of vocations, their complexity has also become very challenging. A lay man feels difficulty
to understand such vocations. The main causes of multiplicity of vocations and complexity
of vocations are—maximum scientific developments. Hence, the only key to a person’s
development is his compromise with this scientific progress. In this way, these days, it has
become possible to face this multiplicity of vocations and their complexity through vocational
guidance and a person’s mal-adjustment in some vocation can also be controlled.
(3) Vocational Progress : Merely entry into some vocation carries no importance. But it is more
important to know about a person’s progress in that vocation after his entry into vocation.
The present age is the age of results or consequences. What type of results a person gives
after entering into the vocation, depends upon his capacities and abilities. Hence, which
vocation expects which personality-this fact decides the direction of that person’s success in
that vocation.
It has become very necessary to start vocational guidance programme to make available the
information regarding training centres and necessary training required for vocational
progress after entering into the vocation.
(4) Stable Future of Students : For any student, the time when he leaves the school after
completing his school education and is in race to enter into a vocation, carries much
importance. In such a situation, the pupil knows nothing about vocations. The pupils and
their parents are in panic in this confusing situation. Sometimes, they put their wards to
some wrong profession or vocation in hurry. In such circumstances, the child does not
succeed in adjusting. This results into the pupil’s instability in that vocation. Neither he
concentrates in the job not he exhibits any interest in that job. Hence, there should be some
provision of providing such vocational guidance so that he may attain stability from
vocational point of view and he may take interest in his vocation. From this point of view,
the need of vocational guidance carriers its own importance.
(5) Need from Economic Point of View : Vocational guidance is very necessary from economic
point of view. Economic problems are bound to arise when the production of some
establishment falls. The production falls only when a person selects a vocation and enters
into it without any deep thinking. In the later stage, he fails to concentrate his mind in that
vocation. He almost fails. He considers his working place as unattractive. This use is
responsible for his vocational instability. As a result of these conditions, persons change
their vocational instability. As a result of these conditions, persons change their vocation
rapidly. Due to these changes and un-interesting work, that person neither makes any
progress in the vocational efficiency nor attains any economic damage of that establishment
can also be reduced through this control. It is difficult, if not impossible, to remove such
economic loss without vocational guidance. Hence, in this present age, the provision of
vocational guidance is being considered very essential just to remove the economic difficulties
of an establishment on its owners.
(6) Need due to Changing Conditions : At present, some vocations have gained the importance
while some have lost in the changing circumstances. Its reason is the occurrence of changes
in our assumptions, ideologies and needs etc. The main cause of these changes is scientific
advancement and industrialization. But, for a lay man, it is very difficult to cope with these
changing conditions. In these changing conditions it is very essential for adjustment to
select a proper vocation just to start his vocational journey. Hence, to achieve this objective,
the importance of making familiar each pupil with these changed conditions also increases.
This task can be full of challenge for a well-organized vocational guidance programme.
Therefore, the send of vocational guidance is much felt in these changing circumstances.

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